Commercial Court Vienna

	Commercial Court Vienna; - Commercial Court Vienna -
State level	Federation
position	Ordinary court responsible for company law
Headquarters	Vienna 3 , Marxergasse 1A
President	Maria Wittmann-Tiwald
Employee	100
Website	www.justiz.gv.at

The Justice Center Wien-Mitte, seat of the HG Wien, among others

The Vienna Commercial Court (HG Wien) is a special court established in the Austrian capital Vienna specializing in corporate law . In addition to the decision on certain corporate and insolvency law issues in the district of the Regional Court for Civil Law Matters , the Commercial Court of Vienna also has special jurisdiction for Austria-wide decisions on certain issues such as trademark and design protection law, patent law and non-labor lawsuits against the Austrian National Bank . The Vienna Commercial Court has had its seat since 2003 on the 12th to 24th floors of the Justice Center in Vienna-Mitte .

Jurisdiction

In principle, the commercial senates or single judges at the regional courts are responsible for decisions on commercial court matters in accordance with Section 51 of the jurisdiction norm. Only Vienna has its own commercial court, which is responsible for deciding on these issues in accordance with paragraph 3. For example, the Vienna Commercial Court acts as the commercial register court for Vienna. The Vienna Commercial Court acts as an appeal instance for the District Court for Commercial Matters Vienna , which is also a district court with special jurisdiction for commercial matters.

In addition to the corporate law issues in the court district of Vienna, which in particular include disputes from company-related transactions (para. 1 no. 1), the Vienna Commercial Court has further special responsibilities. For example, the court is responsible for all utility model, semiconductor, trademark, design, patent and plant variety protection law in Austria and thus covers a large part of intellectual property law cases (apart from copyright).

Another special responsibility is the assignment of insolvency law matters in the district of the Regional Court for Civil Law Matters Vienna to the Commercial Court Vienna in Section 64 of the Insolvency Code , whereby the HG Vienna becomes the insolvency court for Vienna. In addition, the HG Wien is also responsible throughout Austria for lawsuits against the Austrian National Bank (unless they are related to labor law matters), for court-related matters under the ORF Act and for representative actions against changes in premiums under the Insurance Contract Act.

literature

Stefan Wedrac: The beginnings of Viennese commercial jurisdiction in the 18th century . In: Diversity of courts in Vienna. Research on the modern concept of court (= contributions to the legal history of Austria . Volume 2/2016 ). ISBN 978-3-7001-8059-3 , ISSN 2224-4905 , p. 315–325 , doi : 10.1553 / BRGOE2016-2s315 ( online as an open access publication [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : Justizzentrum Wien Mitte - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Vienna Commercial Court

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Alexander Klauser , Georg Kodek : JN - ZPO. Austrian and European civil procedure law (= Manzsche Große Gesetzausgabe . Volume 6 ). 18th edition. Manz'sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung , 2018, ISBN 978-3-214-12851-7 , § 51 JN. Commercial courts, note 7 .

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[Zuständigkeit_Klauser/Kodek-1] Alexander Klauser , Georg Kodek : JN - ZPO. Austrian and European civil procedure law (= Manzsche Große Gesetzausgabe . Volume 6 ). 18th edition. Manz'sche Verlags- und Universitätsbuchhandlung , 2018, ISBN 978-3-214-12851-7 , § 51 JN. Commercial courts, note 7 .